The Ogun State Police Command has debunked claims that the father of the 17-year-old secondary school student in the state, Habeebah Akinsanya, who was killed, paid a ransom of N1m, News About Nigeria reports.
The Divisional Police Officer of Kemta Division, Abeokuta, CSP Olawale Famobuwa, disclosed this on Monday.
Famobuwa, who claimed that he received approval from the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, to speak on the incident, stated that the father of the victim paid a ransom of N30,000 to the kidnappers as opposed to reports.
Aremu, a senior officer with So-Safe Corps, was said to have paid the money into a Moniepoint account provided by the kidnappers to facilitate the tracking and arrest of those responsible for the kidnapping of his daughter.
He further disclosed that the teenage girl was discovered to have been raped by her abductors before being macheted to death, adding that her corpse was later found on Sunday at her father’s farm near Mile 6, a community a few meters from Ogun State Television, Abeokuta.
He stated, “The father of the deceased reported to the police station on Friday at about 9:30 pm that his daughter, Habeebah, who was helping her sister with the Point of Sale business, had not been found.
“He said that the sister had travelled and asked Habeebah to stand in for her, but someone invited her (the deceased) for a transaction, and she had been missing since then. It was recorded as a case of a missing person.
“He later returned on Saturday and said that some people had contacted the sister who owned the PoS business and were demanding money, so he sent ₦30,000 into the Moniepoint account, which we hope to use to track the receiver and arrest those behind the criminal act.
“So, what was paid was ₦30,000 and not ₦1 million. I have the receipt, and this was done to help facilitate the tracking of those responsible for the criminal act.
“We actually traced the transaction to somewhere in the Oke Egunya community, which is under Ibara Division, Abeokuta. We were there until 1 am early Sunday morning before we took a break and resumed the tracking later.
“We were later informed on Sunday that the corpse of the young girl had been found at her father’s farm in Mile 6, and when we arrived, we discovered that the girl had been raped before she was killed.”
